Journal of Working trip to Indonesia 9 - 12 December 2005 (cont'd)

ok where was I...

owh arrival.. lah baru arrival??!! he he :p~

Papa capturing Mount Singgalang while i was capturing him, takdek keje tunggu mama pegi loo :p~

kami memang tak reti duduk diam. anak beranak!. it's not time to meet our prospects yet, so we when to merayau @ Pasar Atas, well not really pasar atas, sebab kat luar luar pasar tu je, belum masuk pun, last day nanti baru kami amsuk. sebenarnya hungry, so we went to find pelik pelik food (we jalan kaki almost d whole time in Bukittinggi). OH YES we're adventurous on food, i'm d kinda person who'd like to try everything (and dat's how i got guMOK! he he) so i found this!!

ROTI BAKAR!!!

Ya Allah nampak je simple ni tapi sedapnya benda alah nih!! padahal roti, toasted, letak marjerin, and a bit of full-cream-milk, sprinkled sugar on top. hula, lapar la katakan... sedap giler hahahha. i ate this with Es Jeruk, mula2 peningla pikir mende Es Jeruk ni, papa yg order, so i was like very d gatal ikut also, rupa2 air limau mandarin, squeezed. i was like hooked to this Es Jeruk, sampai i tried to do it myself at home, but i must've missed some ingredient, tak jadik sesedap yg diorang buat. or maybe it's air tangan org Bukittinggi yang buat dia sedap?? *shrug*.

Malam baruler kami gi buat 1st demo, @ Haji Yushar's house. wait wait, demo... ke makan? he he (manalaa tak naik 5 kg lepas balik dari padang ni!)

Demo @ Hj Yushar's

Balik dari demo, layan RCTI (dah itu je yg dapat kat blik murah tu) tapi best la Indon punya tv, walaupun dia macam RTM kat M'sia, but d show best best. dat nite i watched Agnes Monica's concert (Indon's Christina Aguilera) and Tsunami: Balada Sebuah Kardus (Kardus = box, it's a narrative documentary by a box of goodies for Tsunami's victims in Acheh) God Bless them... the Asian Tsunami souls...

Sunday, December 10, 2005

Owh didn't we found LUBUK for wholesale, Pasar Aur Kuning!!! being the business people we are, we were like in HEAVEN! i picked so many Jilbabs (tudung/scarf) to be sold in our boutique.

2 org gemuk memilih Jilbab

Lovely!

Other than Jilbabs i also got to buy some telekungs (women's praying clothings) for my in laws- mom, sis, aunties. gila murah barang kat sini, bleh kaya meniaga ni... tapi ongkosnya jugak ya udah mahal pakkkk!!!

we had lunch at a restraurant near our hotel, Restoran Famili. as usual, nasik hidang and i ordered my favourite Es Jeruk, ah this restraurant did the BEST Es Jeruk while i was there. Balik hotel for Jamak Takdim (Zuhur-Asar) then off to another demo in our new stockist's house in Gulai Bancah - stokis baru for De Bella in Bukittinggi : Soraya Bordir.

dat nite, Pak Budi (hubby Soraya) anta kami balik (owh ppl there are VERY hospitable). for d 1st time kami makan tapau kat hotel, sebab kedai kedai kat situ tutup early, jarang ada restoran bukak malam. yg ada banyak gerai gerai temporary tepi2 jalan, boleh je kalau nak makan kat situ, but it was raining, and being in a Highland, it was damn cold, heran giler camana orang sana selamba je pakai t shirt, kami ni dah berselimut selendang (ala ala datin, gitu). so we tapaued Nasik Uduk. Macam nasik lemak tapi lauk dia, ha... amik kau, banyak gila, sedap tu, dol!

Nasi Uduk

Monday, December 11, 2005

It was clear morning!!! we did Subuh prayer @ 4.45 am... 4.30 am dah mandi, mandi best air panas sampai luar bilik air terus menggigil he he.. masa mula2 dapat bilik gila risau kepanasan tader air cond, ha ni amik kau punya panas :p~

smell of sulphur was so strong dat it gave me chest pain. susah org semput ni kan, leceh. ahhh despite dat, we took our only, lst chance tu but souvenirs @ Pasar Atas. finally sumthing for Azam, daddy (in law) and Ben (bro in law) and my college mates. we also did a li'l bit of sightseeing but i didn't get d chance to get on dat Bendi, or kereta kuda.

Bendi waiting for their turn to be bullied :P~

Jam Gadang (gadang = big, so Big Ben of London la kiranya ni he he)

Lunch makan Nasik Kapau (Kapau is a name of a place, so it's like the food cooked by Kapau people>) but i also found a strange, but ultimately delicious, APAM BALIK DURIAN!!!!

and while walking back to hotel, i found this, he he kelakar giler

Kesian kan, BEBEK tu kena goreng...? :)))

Malam tu...kami demo lagi, sampai terlentok lentok :p

Tuesday, December 12, 2005
We left Bukittinggi for Padang right after Solat Subuh, 4.45 am we were already in d car chartered by us, arranged by Pak Budi himself. we arrived @ Padang Airport / Bandar Udara Minangkabau @ 6.15 am and terus check in. sayang.. tak sempat langsung jalan kat Padang. takpelah there'll be next time. after all it wasn't a holdiday, it was a working trip (altho terkilan giler tak naik Bendi). flight delay, standard la Air Asia... then landed @ KLIA at the time said before, terus call Jazzy kat umah Kak Zan owhh rindu giler kat anak dara aku sorang tu. we went back home by ERL and i got to get some sleep after d tiring journey before cooking dinner for hubby again...